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that servant's Master will come on a day when he is not expecting Him and at an hour that he knows not of, and will punish him severely, and make him share the lot of the unfaithful.
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And that servant who has been told his Master's will and yet made no preparation and did not obey His will, will receive many lashes.
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But he who had not been told it and yet did what deserved the scourge, will receive but few lashes. To whomsoever much has been given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been entrusted, of him a larger amount will be demanded.
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"I came to throw fire upon the earth, and what is my desire? Oh that it were even now kindled!
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But I have a baptism to undergo; and how am I pent up till it is accomplished!
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Do you suppose that I came to give peace on earth? No, I tell you that I came to bring dissension.
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For from this time there will be in one house five persons split into parties. Three will form a party against two and two will form a party against three;
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father against son and son against father; mother attacking daughter and daughter her mother, mother-in-law her daughter-in-law, and daughter-in-law her mother-in-law."
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Then He said to the people also, "When you see a cloud rising in the west, you immediately say, `There is to be a shower;' and it comes to pass.
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And when you see a south wind blowing, you say, `It will be burning hot;' and it comes to pass.
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Vain pretenders! You know how to read the aspect of earth and sky. How is it you cannot read this present time?